ML20138P724

Responds to 850916 Request for Confirmation of Understanding of Relief Granted by NRC Re Refueling Water Storage Tank Check Valve Inservice Testing.Test Methods, Described in ,Acceptable

ML20138P724
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	10/31/1985
From:	Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Mcdonald R ALABAMA POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 8511070388
Download: ML20138P724 (2)

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o October 31, 1985 Docket Nos. 50-348 DISTRIBUT-10ff and 50-364 , Docket t ue _) NRC PDR

't POR -- ORB #1 Rdg H. Thompson OELD E. Jordan B. Grimes Mr. R. P. Mcdonald J. Partlow E. Reeves (2)

Senior Vice President ACRS 10 C. Parrish Alabama Power Company 0.Rothgberg Post Office Box 2641 Birmingham, Alabama 35291

SUBJECT:

REFUELING WATER STORAGE TANK CHECK VALVE INSERVICE TESTING -

JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 By letter dated September 16, 1985 you requested written confirmation of Alabama Power Company's (ACPo's) understanding of the relief granted by our November 15, 1984 letter. The APCo understanding is that relief was granted to either (1) disassemble the RWST check valve or (2) perform a test which will demonstrate equivalent flow through the check valve. The relief was granted for tests during the refueling outage in lieu of ASME Section XI Code Section IWV-3522 requirements of every cold shutdown.

We have reviewed your request as well as our previous evaluation and relief which was granted by our November 15, 1984 letter. The test methods as described above and in your June 1,1984 letter are acceptable. The test interval, every refueling outage, is acceptable. This letter serves only as confirmation of previous relief we granted for your proposed methods and schedule for the subject check valve testing.

Sincerely,

/s/SVarga Steven A. Varga, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #1 Division of Licensing cc: See next page ORB #1:DL 0 ..L 1:DL l CParrish EReeves;ps Varga 10/gD/85 10gJ/85 1 1

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0-Mr. R. P. Mcdonald Alabama Power Company Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant CC:

Mr. W. O. Whitt D. Biard MacGuineas. Esquire Executive Vice President Volpe, Boskey and Lyons Alabama Power Company 918 16th Street, N.W.

Post Office Box 2641 Washington, DC 20006 Birmingham, Alabama 35291 Charles R. Lowman Mr. Louis B. Long, General Manager Alabama Electric Corporation Southern Company Services, Inc. Post Office Box 550 Post Office Box 2625 Andalusia, Alabama 36420 Birmingham, Alabama 35202 Chairman Regional Administrator, Region II Houston County Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dothan, Alabama 36301 101 Marietta Street, Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 George F. Trowbridge, Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge Ira L. Myers, M.D.

1800 M Street, N.W. State Health Officer Washington, DC 20036 State Department of Public Health State Office Building Montgomery, Alabama 36130 Robert A. Buettner, Esquire Balch, Bingham, Baker, Hawthorne, Mr. J. D. Woodard Williams and Ward General Manager - Nuclear Plant Post Office Box 306 Post Office Box 470 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Ashford, Alabama 36312 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 24 - Route 2 Columbia, Alabama 36319 State Department of Public Health ATTN: State Health Officer State Office Building

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